Jessie J ramped up the show’s competitive element more than ever this evening, to the point where picking up a ladder from the show’s lighting rig and swinging it wildly into your opponent professional wrestling-style would not have been deemed taking things too far in the quest to emerge victorious in ‘battle round’.

Among those being encouraged to scream in their fellow contestants’ faces was Cassius Henry who managed to just edge out David Faulkner during their MJ duet.

Frances Wood and Kate Read had a similarly close battle, with will.i.am consistently claiming that Kate had the better voice then out of nowhere choosing to go with Frances for the live shows at the end of their performance.

Becky Hill was perhaps the stand out performer of the night, displaying incredible depth of sound with her husky rendition of Beyonce’s Irreplacable. She may be only one woman but she easily out-sang both Indie and Pixie.

Aleks Josh and Emily McGregor await their fate (Picture: BBC)

The shock of the night was J Marie Cooper crashing out after a storming rendition of Mama Knows Best at blind auditions and a similarly strong performance of Firework during battle round. Will.i.am favoured Sophie Griffin during the Katy Perry duet, displaying a previously unknown penchant for banshees.

The full list of performances and who went through (those in bold) can be found below: